So amnesty and opposition to global warming are platforms and strategies of winners?
If I agreed with those policies, I'd be a democrat.
You can go with someone as odious as McCain if you just cast your principles aside, provided that you have any. It's easy to do. Sticking to principles takes disciplined effort and courage, which is why RINOS are more inclined to float the current as jellyfish- no effort, no principles needed until they are washed up on the harsh shore of reality and then it's too late.